Tesla removes parking sensors, the results are predictably terrible

Re:Tesla removes parking sensors, the results are predictabl... by jackson1442 on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:53PM (#35428368)

imo the only advantage tesla has remaining in its price class is the charging network (which is now open to non-teslas, albeit with a worse UX).

Kia and Hyundai have some solid options. If I were in the market for a car at the moment I'd probably go with the Hyundai Ioniq 5. The software isn't quite what you get in a Tesla, but I honestly prefer just using CarPlay (wired, unfortunately, but you can get an adapter for wireless).

You lose a bit of the "cool factor" with these like the weird Tesla keys, and the mobile apps aren't great (though they may have improved in the last 1.5y since I've seen them). But as a car, they function very well and have features similar to Tesla's AutoPilot - just called something like Adaptive Cruise like it should be.

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Re:Tesla removes parking sensors, the results are predictabl... by jonny_eh on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:39PM (#35429129)

Apparently the Kia Niro LX has wireless carplay.

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Re:Tesla removes parking sensors, the results are predictabl... by jackson1442 on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:40PM (#35429146)

Interesting. That may be a new model-year thing, I'm only familiar with 2019.

Especially interesting considering LX is their base trim (or at least it used to be on ICE cars).

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